In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Two Right Feet.”
Today the question was asked what do you do every morning to get yourself off to a good start. I’m British. The answer’s easy. It’s a cup of tea, of course.
I’m usually the first up in our house. At the moment, the days are still moody at 6.36am when the boiler kicks in and the chugging of the central heating wakes me. I creep downstairs and before I do anything else, the kettle switch is on. It takes just a few minutes, but that first hot, builder-strong, milky brew of the day is all I need to shake my head into action. I only have a few minutes, because I know that before long I’ll hear the sounds of the shower, the drawer-slamming of my eldest daughter getting dressed, the moans of my youngest being forced out of her duvet cocoon. By the time they arrive downstairs, I’ll be ready to face them all – putting on my best mother act and starting the morning round of toast, smoothies, cereal, juice….
Looking forward to the moment they all leave and I can put the kettle on again.
Every morning….
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Brilliant! I was correct a good brew makes everything better 🙂
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Well done! Can’t start my day without one – although it’s coffee I need to keep me going through the rest of the day (have just sat down with one, plus two digestives…)
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The question is are they chocolate digestives?
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They are not! For some reason as I have got older my chocolate palate has becoming more discerning and I now struggle with chocolate that isn’t VERY high quality. But I still LOVE plain unadorned digestives dipped into coffee…
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Oh my… Is this what happens when we grow up?! Please let me stay young, I want to love chocolate forever!
This reminds me of peter pan, hehe
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Don’t worry, I love chocolate more than ever. I just know the difference between proper real chocolate and the stuff they fill with sugar and fat 🙂 Although I still wouldn’t say no to a bit of proper Diary Millk
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Ahh that’s ok then! 🙂
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Just wondering. Have you ever tried waking up and skipping a cup of tea for a whole day or first half of the day? Will you consider it unthinkable?
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When I’m away from home – especially overseas – I usually start the day with coffee. That’s because it’s hard to replicate a proper home-brewed cuppa when you’re not at home. And for some reason, there aren’t many countries in the world that seem to be able to get tea right (hence why so many Brits take tea-bags on holiday) (although not me) (always).
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Probably not availability that’s the issue because you can get imported British tea bags on the shelves of some supermarkets abroad. Could be the water, because I understand the ph level varies from place to place, hence the change in taste. Nice article though, giving me inspiration to a new blog post. Thanks.
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Thank you! I don’t know why but tea always tastes best at home, in your own mug. Even when I took tea bags to work when I worked in an office it was never the same…
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Me too! I’m really lucky that my husband has to get up at 6- he always brings one in!
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How lovely! What a good husband you have Lorna….:)
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I used to live in a host family, when I was 17 and first arrived to UK to study. They looooved their tea with milk. I never drank it before, but somehow picked on that habit and now both my tea and coffee need to have a splash of milk 🙂 do you live in UK now? Where about?
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Yes in the UK at the moment until we move to South Africa in the summer. We’re in the west Country. Beautiful part of the world and great place to raise kids but I used to live in London and miss it!
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I lived in london and i still have great memories about it, but maybe it’s just my student time memories and they would’ve been great anywhere 🙂
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Quite possibly. I was young(er), free and childless when I lived in London and it’s definitely the best way to appreciate what it has to offer!
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We were toying with the idea of going back there, but my husband is in london on business now and says that he thinks that the small czech city, where we live at the moment, is more suitable for life with little kids
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London is a bit of a lottery with small children. The schooling issue can be hard. ..
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Yes, that’s what we hear often from our friends, who live there.
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